Oxycodone in saliva

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No! I had read your post about the false positive. There are many over the counter and natural things that can cause this. There was a Journal that was floating around here at one time with all of the things that can cause different test to come out negative for different drugs.
I was talking with my Dr about this the other day and he said sometimes these test just come out that way too!
If he has not been using then he should test again and keep very pushy about this False Test!!

It's always a urine test but was given a saliva test a few weeks ago and it showed a trace of oxycodone. He has been clean over 500 days and is adamant about it being a mistake. He had a hair follicle test performed but the court won't accept it because it supposedly only shows chronic use, not a one time use. Wondering if anyone knows of anything that could cause a false positive for oxycodone or have experienced a lab mix up?

it was oxycodone capsuls. the story is that she put 20 or so pills in her mouth chewed them then spit them out. one of the problems is that she has been lying to her family for years now and its hard to believe her. of course she got defensive and like its no big deal.."i spit them out".... . we think she may have been using again for a while and we just caught her this time..

Every 2 weeks I get drug tested at my doctors when I get my script for suboxone and this week was the second time that my urine showed a positive for oxycodone and I did not take that or anything like it! I started taking chantix recently, i occasionally take ibprophen 800, i have taken some sudafed for a cold i have (i know that can cause positive for amphetamines). What in the world is going on?! what can I do to prove I didnt take it?

With many members having a false negative drug screen I have done some research that might help others in this situation.
While doing some investigating I came across this information that might be of some help.
According to The American Journal Of Forensic Medicine, It seems that 15 percent of all ppl who take Morphine on a regular basis come out negative for the drug. If you would like to read the full article, you can find it at:
www.amjiforensicmedicine.com/pt/re/ajfmp/fulltext.

Opiates can be detected in urine, hair, or saliva as codeine and morphine, the most commonly prescribed versions. Urine testing can detect opiates 1 to 3 days after use; hair testing can detect opiates up to 90 days after use; saliva testing can detect opiates 24 to 36 hours after use. Other derivatives of opiates can be detected in urine and saliva as hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, ocymorphone, and 6-monoacetylmorphin with the same detection times as codeine and morphine.

I have been taking OxyContin and oxycodone for a very long time. I have had over sixty surgeries in my life and am only fifty years old. I was dropped from my pain management doc because I tested positive for pcp, marijuana, and amphetamines. I have never used pcp or amphetamines in my life and haven't smoked marijuana since I was nineteen. The pain care doc wouldn't even listen to me when I said that the test was inaccurate. That was a saliva test. Went to a new doc.

then going down 4 oxycodone a day for 6 days. when you get tempted to give up, go look at your eyes. you just dont get clear sparkly eyes on pills. also the libido factor is hopefully a good motivator. you can do it. then you can cheer me on in about a week when im going to be miserable. ill pray for you right now.

I spoke to another person who said that she takes oxycodone and it helps her with the pain and it does not make her as drowsy. I work in a very stressful position which requires me to make snap decisions so the drowsiness does not help and I also sit at a computer most of the day.. Can you give me some idea of which medication and or other treatments that might help me?. Can you please respond at your earliest convenience. Thanks in advance for you help. P.S. I NEED HELP!!!

this might seem kinda weird, I was wondering if anyone else is/has experienced it....whenever I take less of my oxycodone (in the process of trying to taper) I get where it feels like my throat is closing off, like I have to keep swallowing like there's tons of saliva there, but I've looked, Dr even looked, but there is no drainage, just feels like it!!...if I eat anything it seems to get worse!!..I drink tons if water!!..in fact that's all I drink!!..

There is something that you can look up, called 'opioid-induced hyperalgesia'-- an increase in pain from taking opioid agonists over a long time. The fentanyl and oxycodone may have been making things worse-- but it is hard to know for sure.
I find that almost everybody does better on buprenorphine than they did on opioid agonists, when it comes to pain.

I have thyroid cancer, a poor diet, drink soda all the time, and am overweight. I tested postive however for oxycodone, which im not taking. i was told by my doctor that the opana would test positive only for oxymorphone, and not oxycode. I have NEVER abused ANY drugs, and have a low tolerance for most of these medications, how can i prove that there was a mistake?

You have to realize that Sub is the means to an end of using opiates, say bye bye to the perc's, you must have started sub for a reason so keep it up. You have to sit their and let it all dissolve, and the remainder mixed in with saliva just hold it under your tongue for as long as possible so your getting everyting out of it.

I was also told that if it was thyroid/adrenal that anti anxiety/anti depressants wouldn't work and that a positive antibodies test insaliva means Hashimoto's even if the blood was negative (as there are a lot of false negatives). In correlation with the high homocysteine, I thought thyroid was the culprit. I read elevated homocysteine levels can mean hypothyroid. Not sure if it could be pituitary related or what, but I feel like I'm going through menopause (from what I've heard).

I have been dealing with constipation for as long as I was taking these binders I have done everything I could think of to keep my poos coming and it seems I was doing ok but it became the focus of my every waking moment and now that I think of it I was preoccupied with this for months. I had lost interest in my garden in outdoors in everything my existence became eat and poop and dialysis I'm very thin very.. well the poos starting slowing down then one day stopped.

28 year old male, not sure what to do at this point. I had a CT scan in 12/05' that showed mild chronic sinusitus. Since this time I have felt it becoming harder to walk, talk, think and see. I can barely drive, sometimes see spots, cannot think at all, concentrate, eyes feel off, stiff feeling and feel like I'm going through menopause (from what I've heard).

Since the clinic requires you be in a state of withdrawal when you come in to get on suboxone, am I right in thinking that I am supposed to be in a moderate state of WD again before I can take my next dose or can I just take it after 12 hours have passed even though im not WD'ing?
Someone please help.. thanks alot for any info.

You can drink a ton of water during your waking hours, but it's the nighttime hours that do us in because we product very little, or no saliva, which contains enzymes, whose main purpose is to break down sugars, etc that lead to tooth decay.
Listed below is the URL that lists medications that cause dry mouth, as well as a product to help fight this side-effect.
There are numerous medically-documented studies that have been done, as well as are ongoing, regarding this topic.

All along I am having pain in my right upper ab and in my back, now going through PT, because in the meantime I fall down stairs and tear my ACL as well as my rotator cuff and more surgery. That's four surgeries in less than a year. All the while my gallbladder is screaming "help me, help me"!

Substances Causing False Positives
According to a report by the Los Angeles Times New Service, a study of 161 prescription and over the counter medications showed that 65 of them produced false positive results in the most widely administered urine test.

Yes, they can do a drug screen by using blood (even hair, saliva, any sort of bodily fluid really) but in most cases they don't, I believe it has something to do with the cost and the fact that they probably just don't want to. I hope you're doing OK today. and I wish you the best of luck sir!

the second test i tested negative for marijuana, negative for benzos (klonipin), negative for opiods but positive for oxycodone...(oxycodone IS an opiate, DUH?)...my doctor soon realized something was terribly wrong, but not with me...had a blood test done instead...passed with flying colors...i would recommend this over a urine screen any day...so please, this may be a good idea?
also why would you need to test for an anti-depressant? does he abuse them? and if so why would he do that?

Conventional Endocrinology does not recognize low adrenal function,
until about 90% of it is damaged, so best consult with a Functional Medicine
or Naturopathic Doctor for this
An Adrenal Stress Profile (saliva test) will help rule this in or out.
3. Discuss with your prescribing doctor, if suboxone is a contributing factor
in your memory issues.
BTW, what are you taking it for?

The Morphine/oxycodone combo could help you get back to life. I am assuming the Morphine would be Morphine in extended release form and then oxycodone for breakthrough pain. This is a great combo as I was on a very similar mix a year ago with the difference being that I was on percocet versus oxycodone.
The oxycodone would not be taken on a schedule.

Pain set in, I know everyone handles operations differently, some say this operation is mildly uncomfortable, I say **** no, it’s painful. Once the doctor got in there he said that I was extremely packed with polyps in every cavity and my septum was very crooked. So I’m guess the pain I’m feeling is a mixture of a lot of tissues removed and a broken nose probably doesn’t help. I can’t even open my eyes, I’m so puffy and it hurts way too much to look at anything.

Your frame of mind is an important aspect of this detox Stay positive with your eye on the prize. After only 7 days we are both experiencing a mental clarity we haven't had in several years.
Best of luck and there are other remedies in my journal. Anytime I can help...please do not hesitate to contact me.

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